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Show 532 WHITE POPPY. WHITE POPPY. Camphoratedtincture of opium contains in four drachms and a half, by measure, one grain of purified opium. D. Ammoniated tincture of opium, or paregoric elixir, is made with about eight grains in each ounce of the liquid, or with about one grain in the drachm, E. Syrup of opium contains in an ounce measure about a grain of the watery extract of opium; for the liquor, by the addition of the sugar, is more than doubled in bulk. D. Tincture of soap and opium, formerly called opiate liniment, anodyne balsam, is made with one scruple of opium in each ounceof the liquid. KE. Troches of liquorice with opium contain about one grain of opiumin each drachm, E. PRESCRIPTIONS. R.. 1. Take of purified opium soap - = = . - 2 = . = - Seruple. 1, scruples 2, essential oil of cinnamon - drops 2: Soften the opiumfirst with little wine, then mix well with the rest. ‘The dose is onepill, to be taken at bed-time to procure sleep. %. 2. Take of purified opium - - ~ grains 3, purified storax = = aromatic powder. . ~ grains 8, grains 4; syrup of Tolu, as much asis sufficient : Make into sevenpills. ‘Take two at bed-time. R.. 3. Take of pills of opium - ~ - grains 15; Make into fourpills. Give one at bed-time, and, if that in an hourdoes not procure sleep, give another, and, if this produces ho effect, in half an hour repeat a third, or even the fourth. R.. 4. Take of tincture of opium (laudanum), drops 25, cinnamon water - ~*~ = ounce 1, syrup of Tola - . ~ drachms 2: Make into anight draught. R.. 5. Takeof tincture of opium - = = drach ms 2, decoction of barley Make aglyster to be thrown up. move spasm. R.. 6. Take of tincture of opium chalk mixture ———— cinnamon water - - = ounces 8: To stop diarrhoea, and re- - drops ~ ~ ounces 6, ounce 1: 15, 535 Make into a mixture, of which take alarge table-spoonful every six hours. Given to stop a looseness. R. 7. Take of powder of rhubarb ~~ = - grains 10, powder of chalk with opium - scruple 1, powder of chalk without opium, drachm 1: Makeinto four papers, of-which take one, night and morning. R. 8. Take of tincture of opium chalk mixture - ~ - ~ - - drops 20, ounces 14, ——— tincture of cinnamon - - ounce of cinnamon water - - - ounces 2: Make a mixture, of which take two table-spoonfuls after every liquid motion. Given in diarrhoea, and the looseness often ate tendant upon consumption. R. 9. Take of tincture of opium drachms 2, vitriolated zinc - grains 8, rose water - ~ - - ounces 4: Take two tea-spoonfuls in a wine glass of weak chamomile tea every four hours. Ordered in diarrheea. f,. 10. Take two poppy heads, Boil them in a quart of milk, and use this as a fomentation. Excellent in inflamed eyes, used also to relieve the pain of inflammation from a blister or other cause. |